"Wan, come have dinner with me. A friend is treating me to a free feast, so order whatever you like when we get there." I grinned. Although Xia Ruize looked like a good person to me, people like that often concealed an unknown side.
Fang Yuewan blushed. She glanced at me and hesitated, just about to say something, when I added, "Xiaomi, you've worked hard too. Come along later."
"Brother Xia, wouldn't that be inappropriate? You should go. I'm on duty, so it's inconvenient. Let's go together another day after I get off work. Haha." Xuanjing Xiaomi was delighted, but seemingly remembering that she was on duty, she refused.
Fang Yuewan relaxed. Only then did she realize that I had not invited just her. However, directly accepting someone's dinner invitation seemed a little too forward for a girl, so she tactfully said, "No need, Brother Xia. My stomach still..."
Growl.
Fang Yuewan's stomach rumbled, and her face instantly flushed with embarrassment.
I chuckled. "It's nothing. I'm not even that familiar with the person treating us. Let's get to know each other. Besides, it's already this late. Don't you need to eat?"
"Mm. All right, then let's go together..." Fang Yuewan was a little embarrassed, but she was not the sort of girl who put on airs. She agreed at once.
We got out at Longcheng Hotel. Xia Ruize was already waiting at the entrance. When he saw me arrive, he hurried over and grabbed my hand, refusing to let go. "I've waited so long for you, bro! You've got another girlfriend!"
"Big brother, what are you talking about?" I nearly laughed my head off at him, but I regretted it as soon as I finished speaking. My use of "big brother" had not meant that I acknowledged him as such;